1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>(Last checked against version &gzip-contversion;.)</para>
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7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
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8 |
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9 | <sect4><title>gunzip, uncompress</title>
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10 | <para>gunzip and uncompress decompress files which are compressed with
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11 | gzip.</para></sect4>
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12 |
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13 | <sect4><title>gzexe</title>
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14 | <para>gzexe allows you to compress executables in place and have them
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15 | automatically uncompress and execute when they are run (at a penalty in
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16 | performance).</para></sect4>
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17 |
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18 | <sect4><title>gzip</title>
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19 | <para>gzip reduces the size of the named files using
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20 | Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).</para></sect4>
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21 |
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22 | <sect4><title>zcat</title>
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23 | <para>zcat uncompresses, and writes to standard output, either a list of files
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24 | on the command line or a file being read from standard input.</para></sect4>
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25 |
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26 | <sect4><title>zcmp</title>
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27 | <para>zcmp invokes the cmp program on compressed files.</para></sect4>
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28 |
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29 | <sect4><title>zdiff</title>
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30 | <para>zdiff invokes the diff program on compressed files.</para></sect4>
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31 |
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32 | <sect4><title>zforce</title>
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33 | <para>zforce forces a .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not
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34 | compress them twice. This can be useful for files with names truncated
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35 | after a file transfer.</para></sect4>
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36 |
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37 | <sect4><title>zgrep</title>
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38 | <para>zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.</para></sect4>
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39 |
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40 | <sect4><title>zmore</title>
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41 | <para>zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text
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42 | files, one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the
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43 | more program).</para></sect4>
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44 |
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45 | <sect4><title>znew</title>
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46 | <para>znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to
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47 | .gz (gzip) format.</para></sect4>
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48 |
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49 | </sect3>
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50 |
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51 | </sect2>
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